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Band 2 Theatre/PACU Health Care Assistant , Sussex Orthopaedic Treatment Centre, (SOTC)

Do you wish to work in a new facility where you will have the opportunity to enhance your specialist skills? If so, the Sussex Orthopaedic Treatment Centre is a purpose built elective orthopaedic centre, which opened in 2006 and is now part of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. We carry out approximately 6,500 procedures per year and undertake both minor, intermediate and complex orthopaedic work.

• To support the registered Theatre Practitioners and ensure high quality patient care and safety.
• Work as part of the theatre department nursing team to undertake perioperative care and support for patients in hospital.
• Reports patient’s condition to qualified nursing staff.
• Responsible for maintaining a clean and safe environment for the patient.

For further information, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

At UHSussex we’re proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK’s largest acute Trusts, we’re a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Improving lives: We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First. Our mission is summed up by our ‘where better never stops’ motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Communication

• Exchanges routine information with and offers support and reassurance to patients in a sensitive and appropriate manner, recognising that there may be barriers to understanding, particularly with regard to the patient’s age.
• Responds to phone calls and refers as appropriate.
• Participates in collection and entry of statistical information into the Galaxy System.

Service Delivery and Improvement

• Contributes to maintaining an environment suitable to the needs of patients and staff in accordance with Health and Safety and Infection Control.
• Participates in maintaining a tidy, well-stocked and safe clinical environment.
• Participation in the correct disposal of clinical/non-clinical waste in accordance with Trust policy.
• Duty of personal care in relation to equipment, patient valuables and stock control.
• Inputs data using computerised record system as directed by supervising nurse.
• Adheres to UHSussex policies, guidelines and protocols.
• After appropriate training and assessment, assists in the decontamination and preparation of all surgical instrumentation.
• After appropriate training, assists in the daily checking of resuscitation equipment, glucometer and hemocue, reporting any malfunction to a senior practitioner in charge of the department..
• To act as a member of the theatre team by acting as the circulating person.

Patient Care Delivery

• Assists other theatre staff with the individual care needs within the clinical area.
• Assists other theatre staff with the implementation and evaluation of planned care.
• After appropriate training and assessment undertake a range of basic observations and personal care detailed in individual skills inventory, under the supervision and direction of the supervising theatre staff.
• Records basic observations and reports those observations to the supervising theatre staff.
• Articulates concerns about the welfare/well-being of any patient to a registered practitioner/nurse immediately.
• Awareness of emergency procedures and how to activate them when needed.
• Maintains the privacy and dignity of carers.
• Assists in the transfer and positioning of anaesthetised patients e.g. trolley to table, according to local policy.

For further information, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.